PRINTER'S NO. 919
No. 846 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY BELAN, SCANLON AND BODACK, MARCH 30, 1993
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 30, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.193, No.58), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act establishing certain fees to be charged by
3 clerks of the orphans' courts of counties of the fifth,
4 sixth, seventh and eighth class and providing for fees in
5 counties of the second through eighth class," providing for
6 the establishment and modification of fees; and providing for
7 the imposition of an additional fee.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 2.1 of the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.193,
11 No.58), referred to as the Clerk of Orphans' Court Fee Law,
12 added July 10, 1990 (P.L.372, No.85), is amended to read:
13 Section 2.1. In counties of the second, second A, third,
14 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class on or after the
15 effective date of this act, the Clerk of the Orphans' Court may
16 establish, increase, decrease, modify or eliminate fees and
17 charges with the approval of the President Judge [within 60 days
18 of the effective date of this section]. Thereafter, such fees
19 and charges shall [not] be established, increased, decreased,
20 modified or eliminated [except by an act of the General
1 Assembly] as determined by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court and
2 the President Judge.
3 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
4 Section 2.2. An additional fee may be charged and collected
5 by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of a county of the second
6 class for the initiation of any action or legal proceeding. The
7 additional fee shall be deposited into a special Clerk of the
8 Orphans' Court computer fund established in each county of the
9 second class. Moneys in the special fund shall be used by the
10 Clerk of the Orphans' Court, with the approval of the President
11 Judge, solely for the purposes of computerization and document
12 reproduction in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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